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The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

- Program Management: Partner with clients to identify key process improvements and deliver solutions- Training: Organize and deliver analytics trainings based on client needs

Remote, United States

* Managed 2 remote multicultural teams of engineers, analysts, technical leads and project managers focused on designing and delivering data pipelines that facilitated COVID relief service delivery for over 2.5 million New Yorkers* Trained and coached 2 newly promoted junior managers; restructured internal processes by designing an improved sprint-based project management framework and implementing a more purposeful team meeting cadence* Led quarterly planning for Data Engineering unit, guiding strategic decisions to ensure delivery of key analytics and operations team needs while maintaining focus on long-term sustainability* Developed team camaraderie and trust by creating opportunities to share work and develop more personal relationships; increased team satisfaction by over 50% * Improved team resiliency and sustainability by focusing on developing documentation and implementing a cross-training program

Remote, United States

* Managed a remote team of 7 engineers and designers to shore up existing product in preparation for international expansion; overhauled internal processes to streamline decision-making among stakeholders and improve engineering velocity* Built a product roadmap for international expansion by facilitating engineering and design discovery sprints and collaborating on timelines with Lead Engineer

U.S. Digital Response is an all-volunteer effort that matches technologists, data scientists, and other experts with government teams and social service non-profits responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

Remote, United States

* Advised Recount2020 (a project of Perkins Coie LLP) on staffing for recount data support, as well as prepared analytics tools for a variety of post-election scenarios in over 500 races. * Led a remote team of 13 data engineers and analysts to ingest, process, and analyze election result data, in order to support Perkins Coie’s legal arguments to ensure every ballot is counted during 11 potential recounts following the 2020 election, as well as the Georgia runoffs* Collaborated with remote team of 7 analysts and engineers to develop a provisional ballot ingestion process; implemented data entry program with over 300 data volunteers.

Newark, New Jersey

Coordinated project plans across Organizing, Communications, Analytics and Technology departments; managed six-figure budget on extremely tight margins

Newark, New Jersey

* Led quarterly campaign planning process; developed campaign strategy memos with Campaign Manager and worked with 23-person Senior Staff team to convert strategies into tactical action plans; worked with department heads to develop accountability mechanisms to measure progress. * Managed and developed quarterly senior leadership retreats and meetings, increasing cross- departmental communication and collaboration. * Designed and coordinated the campaign’s exit strategy; developed and executed a coordinated Communications, Digital and Technology announcement process.

Newark, New Jersey

Innovation Team = data, analytics, technology, product, polling, opinion research

Greater New York City Area

* Led the Unit’s first ever unit-wide strategic planning process; increased cross-team collaboration and facilitated the professional development of 10 junior staff with limited strategy experience. * Restructured 5-person data team in line with organizational goals with a focus on improving communication and collaboration with other departments; developed and began executing intentional growth plan to grow by 50% over 6 months to better meet changing operational needs. * Served as Product Manager for a new case management and canvassing tool designed for city outreach needs; developed tools in concert with outreach leadership feedback and trained staff on new tools; received the 2018 Best IT Collaboration award from Government Technology* Hired Unit’s first data infrastructure engineer to conduct overhaul of existing database; addressed lack of data and code documentation and need for analyst-optimized database design. * Developed relationships with Legal team to facilitate Unit’s data sharing projects; negotiated agreements that improved outreach targeting. Identified and cultivated opportunities for strategic partnerships with multiple outside agencies; developed long-term data-driven project with 311 and NYC Opportunity. * Represented Unit on Mayor’s Vulnerable Populations Working Group, developing strategic outreach plans in the event of future natural disasters.

Brooklyn, Ny

* Led 44-person distributed early vote team that provided daily analysis and talking points on early voting in 17 targeted states; informed senior staff decisions around campaign imperatives; improved campaign targeting efforts. * Spearheaded development of new early vote data acquisition tool; tripled acquisition capacity from 6 states to 17 by increasing processing efficiency; minimized previous data loss by an estimated 5-10% across targeted states. * Developed and managed model release process for team of 7 data scientists, collaborating with end users to meet their needs; ensured quality control, on-time delivery and documentation for over 50 models over 4 months. * Oversaw 5-person team in creating a messaging poll tool for Paid Media that facilitated analysis across surveys. * Managed daily polling release process for team of 12 survey analysts and managers to ensure timely delivery to stakeholders; successfully advocated for additional developer resources that increased daily efficiency by over 50%.

Greater Chicago Area

Member of inaugural cohort of MS CAPP program (https://capp-sites.uchicago.edu/) at the Harris School of Public Policy. Co-organizer of first campus-wide civic hackathon (October 2015). Teaching Assistant for Code Camp, month-long programming course in R and Python.

Greater Chicago Area

* Led 6-person remote developer team in building an alpha API for labor dynamics database project as part of White House's Workforce Data Initiative; tracked development progress and managed QA. * Managed partnerships for API project with White House, Department of Labor, and over 15 private data sharing partners, including overseeing legal process of securing data sharing agreements. * Scoped and budgeted 4 multi-year projects as part of the grant proposal process, totaling $8.5 million.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Richmond, Virginia Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Virginia

Fairfax County, Va

Master Of Science (Msc), Computational Analysis And Public Policy

Activities and Societies: South Side Civic (Co-Founder), Data in Public Policy (Executive Board member), Chicago Policy Review (Deputy.

B.A., Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association (Vice President), Resident Assistant, Senior Fund (Fundraiser), Smart Women Lead.

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